History Main / GagHaircut

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* Shun from ''Manga/KimiToBoku'' asks his friends to cut a little of his hair off because of the summer heat. They end up cutting off a large chunk of it. He looks fine but is aggravated because his hair becomes wavy when short. Shun's displeasure doesn't stop him from keeping his hair short the rest of the series.

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* ''The 10th Kingdom'' has Virgina get RapunzelHair from a spell and Wolf takes a magic axe to it, leaving her [[UnnecessaryMakeover with a very short hairstyle]]. One of the rare occasions where the haircut isn't fixed with a HairReboot.

* Early in ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheNerds Revenge of the Nerds III]]'', Harold Skolnick and Ira Poppus get shaved behind their heads the word "NERDS" by the local {{Jerk Jock}}s. They later get their revenge when they come for a haircut at a barber shop, this time reading "NERDS RULE".

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-->'''Delenn:''' Commander. I want you to understand that I took on human characteristics in order to bring your people and mine closer together. To symbolize out mutuality. It is supposed to be a dignified, inspiring transition for both humans and Minbari, so will you please explain to me why this, this... this...
-->'''Ivanova:''' Uh... hair.
-->'''Delenn:''' ...refuses to cooperate?!

* A Series/MrBean sketch involves the titular character accidentally get mistaken for a barber when he goes for a haircut, resulting in a string of these for the hapless customers. Played with in one case, where a young boy who ends up with a long shaven stripe in the middle of his head actually quite likes it, but his mother certainly does not.

--> '''Bobby:''' (angrily) Man, what the ''hell!?'' You got me lookin' like Gumby!

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* An early storyline in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' has Hobbes cutting Calvin's hair. He keeps getting it uneven and trying to fix it, until Calvin is left with no hair at all. Bill Watterson has commented that one of the few times he ever laughed at his own comic was after drawing the results of Calvin's haircut.
* A ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' storyline had Peppermint Patty going to get her hair cut, but the barber (Charlie Brown's father) thought Patty was a boy and cut it accordingly. Patty winds up wearing a big blond curly wig to hide it.

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* [[Wrestling/StacyCarter Miss Kitty]] got one from Wrestling/TerriRunnels, on the pretense of giving her a makeover. Kitty wore a series of brightly colored wigs that matched her outfits for a while afterwards.
* Sylvester Lefort lost a Hair vs Hair match but his manager Marcus Louis ended up with the hair removal cream dumped on his head instead, ending up bald. [[DoNotTryThisAtHome Please note that hair removal cream should *never* be used on the head]].

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* An early three-part sketch on ''Series/SesameStreet'' had Ernie playing barber and cutting off all of Bert's hair.

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* "[[https://youtu.be/_aSDmskKNB4?t=253 Bad Haircut]]", one of Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s numerous "[[VideoGame/NickelodeonClickamajigs Clickamajig]]" mini-games hosted on their website back in the day, revolves around a boy receiving numerous silly/bad haircuts at a barbershop while trying to get ready for a school dance. The haircuts range from ending up with everything from clown hair, Leia-hairbuns, a near-bald disaster area, and even having his brain exposed. When you end the game by having the boy cry out that he wants to go home, the barber gives him a haircut that looks just like the one he originally came in with[[spoiler: except with "Kick Me" shaved into the back of his head]], which the boy gladly accepts.
* ''VideoGame/FableI'': One sidequest has a man convince the Hero to get a ridiculous haircut, beard, and moustache in order to start a RomanceSidequest. After it's done, he admits that he just likes making Heroes look stupid.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' had this when Mr. Boss (who is also Numbah 86's father) try to give his children haircuts himself because he doesn't want to pay ''five dollars'' to have a barber cut his children's hair. Unsurprisingly he's horrible at it (one shot of his son post-haircut shows a ''soda can'' somehow stuck to his head.)

* In a ''Kate & Allie'' episode, Jenny gets a haircut that is apparently so horrible she insists on wearing a hat everywhere. We never see it--thouugh her younger brother claims "She looks like Creator/MrT!", but it's apparently awful enough to be "censored" for Emma's video documentary after her family finally convinces her to take the hat off.

* An offscreen variation happened in ''Series/{{Charmed}}''. Actress Creator/RoseMcGowan dyed her hair red between seasons and the characters joked in the season premiere that a potion blew up on her and turned it red.

* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': In Season 5, Jocelyn is disappointed to learn that the band Poison has canceled their concert at a nearby casino. She, Moira and some of the Jazzagals go to the casino anyway, getting drunk and stoned along the way. Moira encourages Jocelyn to continue to "rock on" despite her age, and so Jocelyn gets a haircut that is inspired by her days as a teenage poison fan.

* Look through YouTube. There are thousands of videos of people having their hair cut by friends.

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* CodenameKidsNextDoor had this when Mr. Boss (who is also Numbah 86's father) try to give his children haircuts himself because he doesn't want to pay ''five dollars'' to have a barber cut his children's hair. Unsurprisingly he's horrible at it (one shot of his son post-haircut shows a ''soda can'' somehow stuck to his head.)

* A PlayedForDrama example occurs in ''Manga/WanderingSon''. The protagonist wishes to get a pixie cut she saw on a female model, however due to the fact she's [[{{transsexual}} beginning puberty]] it turns out looking masculine instead of feminine. Nitori eventually begins growing it out but keeps it short.

* The 3rd episode of ''The Music/NewEditon Story'' miniseries [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nbyTkiNXIc re-enacts one]] [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer that actually happened]] to Music/BobbyBrown. During the filming of the "Every Little Step" music video, Bobby's barber got [[DistractedByTheSexy too wrapped up in trying to flirt with the girls in the video shoot]], and accidentally cut a chunk of Bobby's flat top off at an angle. with only a few minutes to go before the shoot, the barber hastily cut the rest to match the slant, resulting in Bobby's "''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}''" haircut.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceThater3000'' this this UpToEleven in the ''Film/PumaMan'' episode. Inspired by the film's title character, Mike asks the [[{{Nanomachines}} Nanites]] to give him "the dry look". Unfortunately he offends the hairdresser and she goes a little too dry...as in, Mike has a desert on his scalp, complete with a miniature cactus. Crow thinks they could fix it if they just manage to redirect a river onto Mike's head, however.

* Played with in ''USA High''. Lazz discovers a talent for hairdressing and starts doing all the girls' hair. When Lauren finally gives in and gets him to do hers, he goofs and dyes it bright green. When he tries to fix it, Lauren runs out screaming with her hair seemingly falling out. Then she pulls of the wig and reveals she'd just been playing a joke.

* The Creator/{{CBBC}} series ''Mike and Angelo'' had Katie's hair ruined after an unusually large trumpet blew her into another room so Angelo's machine tried to fix it for her. She ended up looking like a man.
* Happens to Monica in the season 2 premiere of ''Series/{{Friends}}''. She tries to get Phoebe to give her Demi Moore's hairstyle but Pheebs mixes her up with Dudley Moore. The end of the episode implies she's going to give Julie the "[[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 Roddy McDowall]] cut" (instead of Andie [=MacDowell=]).

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' made a whole episode out of Jerry getting a bad haircut.

** Marshall got a two-fer when Lily's cousin gave him bleached blond highlights an hour before his wedding. He then ended up shaving those off to give himself an even worse haircut.

* ''Series/ADifferentWorld'' had an episode where some guys did this to Ron as a joke. It was so bad that Ron's ROTC teacher allowed him to wear a cap during class.

* The 1950s B/W series ''I Married Joan'' has an episode where Joan goes to get her hair styled for a college reunion, and ends up with an awful new do called the "panda cut".
* An offscreen variation happened in ''Series/{{Charmed}}''. Actress Creator/RoseMcGowan dyed her hair red between seasons and the characters joked in the season premiere that a potion blew up on her and turned it red.

* On ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Penny persuades Sheldon to cut his hair. All goes well up until the very end, when, while she is trimming the back of his neck, a ticklish Sheldon moves and Penny accidentally shears a bald spot off the back of the head. He doesn't notice it right away, but Penny muses that she might have to move when he does.
* The fourfold punishment on ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'' had this for each guy; impressively, each one was horrible in its own way.
* In ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' Emma gets sick of being dependable and decides to colour her hair. Unfortunately the colour she chooses is called "scarlet fever"...
* In ''Series/TheMiddle'', Sue accidentally burns off part of her hair with a cheap curling iron the night before she heads off to college. She ends up cutting the rest to match, turning it into an ImportantHaircut.
* Creator/AntAndDec had a short-lived skit on their TV show called 'Beat the Barber' - where a child would answer questions and have their head shaved if they got them wrong. The first two contestants were boys, but the show attracted a storm of controversy when a [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished girl]] was the third. MoralGuardians complained, not realising the skit was scripted and the girl had volunteered for it. According to her, the initial plan was for her to have her head shaved like the boys. But they were unwilling to shave a girl's head, and just gave her a bob instead.
* In ''Series/TheLastManOnEarth'', Phil gets the whole right side of his body shaved off as a prank by his brother Mike.
* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', Delenn begs Ivanova for help with her [[ItMakesSenseInContext new head of human-esque hair]]. Minbari don't bathe the same way humans do, and the compound they use to clean with does not play nicely with human hair. [[TheHighQueen Ethereal, dignified Delenn]] ends up looking like she's got a fright wig on! She's so embarrassed she can't even leave her quarters until she gets Ivanova's help.
-->'''Delenn:''' Commander. I want you to understand that I took on human characteristics in order to bring your people and mine closer together. To symbolize out mutuality. It is supposed to be a dignified, inspiring transition for both humans and Minbari, so will you please explain to me why this, this... this...
-->'''Ivanova:''' Uh... hair.
-->'''Delenn:''' ...refuses to cooperate?!

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* Poor [[ExtremeDoormat Park Hyung Suk]] in ''Webcomic/{{Lookism}}'' had his hair cut to look like [[UsefulNotes/TheRulersOfNorthKorea Kim Jong Un's]] because of a "[[ForTheLuls funny]]" hairdresser.

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* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Sixteen}}'', Caitlyn ends up with a red mullet after "cheating" on her hairdresser.

* In ''WesternAnimation/6Teen'', Caitlyn ends up with a red mullet after "cheating" on her hairdresser.

* Miss Kitty got one from Terri Runnels, on the pretense of giving her a makeover. Kitty wore a series of brightly colored wigs that matched her outfits for a while afterwards.

* The aptly titled ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Bad Hair Day" followed the gum plot with TJ's attempts to fix it and giving Mikey an awful haircut. They lied to say a famous band had the same cut. The fun starts when the other kids hear this and decide they want the haircut as well.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', Dee Dee accidentally cuts one of her pigtails off and gets a serum from Dexter to grow them back. The hair ends up taking over the house.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "22 Short Films About Springfield" had Lisa getting gum in her hair and finally going to the hairdresser after trying everything to get the gum out. (She actually liked the trendy haircut he gave her... Until Nelson laughed at her.)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Chaz lets Chuckie cut his hair in hope of showing him it doesn't hurt. Chuckie goes a little overboard. [[spoiler: He ends up bald at the end]].

* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' called "The Mane Event", Bubbles and Buttercup accidentally rip a chunk out of Blossom's hair and do a scary tidy-up job. Even the MonsterOfTheWeek finds it funny. Blossom gets revenge by singing her sisters' hair with her eye beams at the end of the episode.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Hayley dyes her hair green at a Green Party rally. Stan cuts it off while she's asleep.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' Francine and Muffy decide to cut all their hair off during a head lice scare. They have some fun by sneaking into the boys' bathroom and pretending to be boys.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheCrampTwins'' Dorothy takes Lucian and Wayne to the barber's and becomes obsessed with cleaning it, eventually washing all his tools in a freakishly strong floor polish. He then uses the tools to cut her sons' hair and it ends up half falling out.
* Happens to Kitty (and usually someone else) in almost every episode of ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Bad Hair Day", Candace's disastrous attempt at a do-it-yourself haircut kicks off the plot of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': Dan goes to the barber for a haircut to prepare himself for a date with a girl, who happens to be the daughter of the barber. When the latter discovers this, he intentionally butchers Dan's hair, prompting Dan to get vengeance on the barber.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** The episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E12GamesPoniesPlay Games Ponies Play]]" has Rarity's disastrous first attempt at styling Cadance's mane into the Royal Ceremonial Headdress.
--> '''Rarity:''' Imagine her mane being turned into a porcupine.
** In "It's About Time" Spike accidentally burps out a jet of fire that singes Twilight's mane.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': At the start of ''Bender's Big Score'' as the main characters are (re)introduced, we get to Amy, and see that she has had time to grow her hair down to her waist since the series got cancelled... only for Bender to flame-burp over her, burning it back to its original length and style. Funnily enough, this was the ''second time'' that had happened.